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Heat-and-Moisture Exchangers Used With Biweekly Circuit Tubing Changes: Effect on Costs and Pneumonia Rates
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 January 2015
Abstract
In 1991, heat-and-moisture exchangers were introduced with biweekly ventilator circuit tubing changes, resulting in elimination of multiple pieces of respiratory equipment and reduced labor costs. The annual savings were $157,000, totalling $1.5 million since the onset of the program. There have been no increases in rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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